Trump and the Religious Right -What is going on?

[PurpleOwl]

Is Trump the first atheist president?

Unlikely, but unknown. I strongly doubt he's a "devout christian".

OTOH, this CNN article indicates he is, indeed, a Christian: What are Donald Trump's religious beliefs? - CNNPolitics.com

strange how for the past few years racist nazi republicans have gotten away with shouting that obama isn't a christian just because of his name, yet they vote for Trump who im fairly sure has never even been inside of a church (except maybe to marry one of his trophy wives) and dont even question his religious beliefs once.

 

[the_human_being]

We know that Donald J. Trump is not a particularly religious person, despite his waving the bible from a podium and proclaiming that it is his favorite book. He has not exactly exemplified the values and lifestyle that true Christians aspire to.

But we also know that he successfully courted the religious right, the fundamentalist evangelicals, in order to get nominated and elected. We also know that while they distrust him, they saw him as the better alternative-as the candidate who would do their bidding and it appears that they were correct. Case in point:

What Trump’s Education Appointment Tells Us About the Religious Right’s Influence
On Wednesday (November 23) President-elect Donald Trump announced Betsy DeVos as his pick for Secretary of Education. DeVos is a billionaire conservative activist whose name is well known among the higher echelons of the religious right. Her family has contributed tens of thousands of dollars to the Michigan Family Forum (a state affiliate of the Christian fundamentalist organization Focus on the Family) and the Family the Research Council, which has been designated a “hate group” by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

In addition:

In 1998 she founded the American Education Reform Foundation which was later renamed the American Federation for Children (AFC). The AFC is an advocacy organization whose stated purpose is to “empower parents, particularly those in low-income families, to choose the education they determine is best for their children.” Unfortunately, DeVos has used the AFC to push a crucial component of the religious right’s agenda: securing taxpayer dollars for private religious schools. AFC advocates for voucher programs that divert taxpayer money from public schools to private religious schools.

Secular Values Voter

The question is- is he an unwitting patsy, or is there something more nefarious going on? Lets take a closer look.

What Did Trump Promise the Religious Right?

Amidst all the Trump-related outrage, there is at least one question that I don't think has received nearly enough attention: What did Trump offer evangelical fundamentalist Christians in exchange for their support, and what will it mean for the rest of us if he delivers on it? We know from exit polls and other surveys conducted since the election that evangelical fundamentalist Christians turned out to vote for Trump in large numbers. We also know that this happened in spite of his behavior. While I have no doubt that some would have turned out to vote for anyone who was not Clinton, the massive support Trump received from fundamentalist Christians does make me wonder what he offered them and whether he intends to deliver it. Read more: What Did Trump Promise the Religious Right? | Atheist Revolution

There is at least one prominent conservative Christian who has expressed a degree of incredulity over what he is seeing:

Even Richard Land Is Shocked By How Much Influence The Religious Right Is Having In Shaping Trump’s Administration

Last month, it was reported that President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team was giving Religious Right activists, especially the members of his presidential campaign’s evangelical advisory board, unprecedented input in shaping his administration.

Earlier this week, one of the members of that board, Richard Land of the Southern Evangelical Seminary, appeared on the “Point of View” radio program, where he told host Kerby Anderson that he has been shocked by how much influence he and other Religious Right activists have had over the make-up of Trump’s administration.

Even Richard Land Is Shocked By How Much Influence The Religious Right Is Having In Shaping Trump’s Administration | Right Wing Watch

So who is Richard Land? A moderate ? A liberal Christian? Not hardly. He is in fact a well know right wing culture warrior Richard Land

Land went on to say in the above piece:

Some of my conservative friends and I, we have been pinching ourselves, are we hallucinating or is this actually happening?” Land said. “I know a good number of people on the transition team and I can tell you right now, about half of them, Kerby, think I’m liberal. I mean, these are very conservative people.”

Land, a longtime activist and former Southern Baptist Convention official, said that he has “been solicited five times for personnel recommendations” by the Trump administration, which is something that never happened under any previous Republican president. As such, Land said, “this administration is going to have more conservative Christians, Catholic and evangelical, in it than any administration that I’ve been associated with or had contact with, and I’ve been doing this since Reagan.”

The most disconcerting part of this is the type of appointees to the federal courts that Trump is likely to make. It appears that our secular government and society- the very concept of the separation of church and state is now at grave risk!!

Yes indeed. I understand the Satanic Church supported Hillary and had Planned Parenthood serve fetus body parts as the main course at the Democratic National Convention.

If you truly believe that hillary clinton is a lesbian satanist who traffics in stolen baby parts.... then yeah I could see why you wouldn't vote for her.... your stupid as a brick if you believe that but if you do I understand not voting for her

Doesn't matter to me what you think. Donald Trump is the President elect.

and you're still stupid as a brick

I was smart enough not to vote for a LOSER.

 

[PurpleOwl]

We know that Donald J. Trump is not a particularly religious person, despite his waving the bible from a podium and proclaiming that it is his favorite book. He has not exactly exemplified the values and lifestyle that true Christians aspire to.

But we also know that he successfully courted the religious right, the fundamentalist evangelicals, in order to get nominated and elected. We also know that while they distrust him, they saw him as the better alternative-as the candidate who would do their bidding and it appears that they were correct. Case in point:

In addition:
The question is- is he an unwitting patsy, or is there something more nefarious going on? Lets take a closer look.

There is at least one prominent conservative Christian who has expressed a degree of incredulity over what he is seeing:

Even Richard Land Is Shocked By How Much Influence The Religious Right Is Having In Shaping Trump’s Administration

So who is Richard Land? A moderate ? A liberal Christian? Not hardly. He is in fact a well know right wing culture warrior Richard Land

Land went on to say in the above piece:

The most disconcerting part of this is the type of appointees to the federal courts that Trump is likely to make. It appears that our secular government and society- the very concept of the separation of church and state is now at grave risk!!

Yes indeed. I understand the Satanic Church supported Hillary and had Planned Parenthood serve fetus body parts as the main course at the Democratic National Convention.

If you truly believe that hillary clinton is a lesbian satanist who traffics in stolen baby parts.... then yeah I could see why you wouldn't vote for her.... your stupid as a brick if you believe that but if you do I understand not voting for her

Doesn't matter to me what you think. Donald Trump is the President elect.

and you're still stupid as a brick

I was smart enough not to vote for a LOSER.

oh sweety.... sure ya did

 

[the_human_being]

Is Trump the first atheist president?

Unlikely, but unknown. I strongly doubt he's a "devout christian".

OTOH, this CNN article indicates he is, indeed, a Christian: What are Donald Trump's religious beliefs? - CNNPolitics.com

strange how for the past few years racist nazi republicans have gotten away with shouting that obama isn't a christian just because of his name, yet they vote for Trump who im fairly sure has never even been inside of a church (except maybe to marry one of his trophy wives) and dont even question his religious beliefs once.

Strange how the faggots who claim to be atheists and agnostics get their panties in a knot over Trump's beliefs all the while preaching for seperation of church and state.

 

[PurpleOwl]

Is Trump the first atheist president?

Unlikely, but unknown. I strongly doubt he's a "devout christian".

OTOH, this CNN article indicates he is, indeed, a Christian: What are Donald Trump's religious beliefs? - CNNPolitics.com

strange how for the past few years racist nazi republicans have gotten away with shouting that obama isn't a christian just because of his name, yet they vote for Trump who im fairly sure has never even been inside of a church (except maybe to marry one of his trophy wives) and dont even question his religious beliefs once.

Strange how the faggots who claim to be atheists and agnostics get their panties in a knot over Trump's beliefs all the while preaching for seperation of church and state.

just pointing out your blatant hypocrisy. Personally I think the one good thing about Trump is that he's not a bible thumping asshole like mike pence (and you)

 

[Unkotare]

Is Trump the first atheist president?

Unlikely, but unknown. I strongly doubt he's a "devout christian".

OTOH, this CNN article indicates he is, indeed, a Christian: What are Donald Trump's religious beliefs? - CNNPolitics.com

strange how for the past few years racist nazi republicans have gotten away with shouting that obama isn't a christian just because of his name...

Oh look, another shameless, lying leftist^^^^^^^

 

[the_human_being]

Is Trump the first atheist president?

Unlikely, but unknown. I strongly doubt he's a "devout christian".

OTOH, this CNN article indicates he is, indeed, a Christian: What are Donald Trump's religious beliefs? - CNNPolitics.com

strange how for the past few years racist nazi republicans have gotten away with shouting that obama isn't a christian just because of his name, yet they vote for Trump who im fairly sure has never even been inside of a church (except maybe to marry one of his trophy wives) and dont even question his religious beliefs once.

Strange how the faggots who claim to be atheists and agnostics get their panties in a knot over Trump's beliefs all the while preaching for seperation of church and state.

just pointing out your blatant hypocrisy. Personally I think the one good thing about Trump is that he's not a bible thumping asshole like mike pence (and you)

I do realize that you are ignorant, but what part about my not giving a fiddler's damn what you think can you not understand?

 

[Divine Wind]

strange how for the past few years racist nazi republicans have gotten away with shouting that obama isn't a christian just because of his name, yet they vote for Trump who im fairly sure has never even been inside of a church (except maybe to marry one of his trophy wives) and dont even question his religious beliefs once.

1) Not so strange is you are showing the same hate and venom you condemn those who did exactly as you claim regarding President Obama.

2) The link proved you wrong about Trump. Obviously he isn't a very pious Christian, but it appears he's not an atheist either.

 

[Penelope]

strange how for the past few years racist nazi republicans have gotten away with shouting that obama isn't a christian just because of his name, yet they vote for Trump who im fairly sure has never even been inside of a church (except maybe to marry one of his trophy wives) and dont even question his religious beliefs once.

1) Not so strange is you are showing the same hate and venom you condemn those who did exactly as you claim regarding President Obama.

2) The link proved you wrong about Trump. Obviously he isn't a very pious Christian, but it appears he's not an atheist either.

He is aware there is a god , himself.

 

[Penelope]

Is Trump the first atheist president?

Unlikely, but unknown. I strongly doubt he's a "devout christian".

OTOH, this CNN article indicates he is, indeed, a Christian: What are Donald Trump's religious beliefs? - CNNPolitics.com

strange how for the past few years racist nazi republicans have gotten away with shouting that obama isn't a christian just because of his name, yet they vote for Trump who im fairly sure has never even been inside of a church (except maybe to marry one of his trophy wives) and dont even question his religious beliefs once.

Strange how the faggots who claim to be atheists and agnostics get their panties in a knot over Trump's beliefs all the while preaching for seperation of church and state.

just pointing out your blatant hypocrisy. Personally I think the one good thing about Trump is that he's not a bible thumping asshole like mike pence (and you)

Oh I can't agree more, or what her face, Bauchman, man there must a padded cell for her.

 

[the_human_being]

Soon the only place one will be able to find a Democrat will be in circus or carnival sideshows. Affluent parent with good paying jobs and fantastic health insurance will bring their kids to view the angry old Democrat locked inside a cage. They will be rare and profane oddities and will no longer run free and at large creating their hatred, division, and lawlessness within our great America.

 

[yiostheoy]

We know that Donald J. Trump is not a particularly religious person, despite his waving the bible from a podium and proclaiming that it is his favorite book. He has not exactly exemplified the values and lifestyle that true Christians aspire to.

But we also know that he successfully courted the religious right, the fundamentalist evangelicals, in order to get nominated and elected. We also know that while they distrust him, they saw him as the better alternative-as the candidate who would do their bidding and it appears that they were correct. Case in point:

What Trump’s Education Appointment Tells Us About the Religious Right’s Influence
On Wednesday (November 23) President-elect Donald Trump announced Betsy DeVos as his pick for Secretary of Education. DeVos is a billionaire conservative activist whose name is well known among the higher echelons of the religious right. Her family has contributed tens of thousands of dollars to the Michigan Family Forum (a state affiliate of the Christian fundamentalist organization Focus on the Family) and the Family the Research Council, which has been designated a “hate group” by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

In addition:

In 1998 she founded the American Education Reform Foundation which was later renamed the American Federation for Children (AFC). The AFC is an advocacy organization whose stated purpose is to “empower parents, particularly those in low-income families, to choose the education they determine is best for their children.” Unfortunately, DeVos has used the AFC to push a crucial component of the religious right’s agenda: securing taxpayer dollars for private religious schools. AFC advocates for voucher programs that divert taxpayer money from public schools to private religious schools.

Secular Values Voter

The question is- is he an unwitting patsy, or is there something more nefarious going on? Lets take a closer look.

What Did Trump Promise the Religious Right?

Amidst all the Trump-related outrage, there is at least one question that I don't think has received nearly enough attention: What did Trump offer evangelical fundamentalist Christians in exchange for their support, and what will it mean for the rest of us if he delivers on it? We know from exit polls and other surveys conducted since the election that evangelical fundamentalist Christians turned out to vote for Trump in large numbers. We also know that this happened in spite of his behavior. While I have no doubt that some would have turned out to vote for anyone who was not Clinton, the massive support Trump received from fundamentalist Christians does make me wonder what he offered them and whether he intends to deliver it. Read more: What Did Trump Promise the Religious Right? | Atheist Revolution

There is at least one prominent conservative Christian who has expressed a degree of incredulity over what he is seeing:

Even Richard Land Is Shocked By How Much Influence The Religious Right Is Having In Shaping Trump’s Administration

Last month, it was reported that President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team was giving Religious Right activists, especially the members of his presidential campaign’s evangelical advisory board, unprecedented input in shaping his administration.

Earlier this week, one of the members of that board, Richard Land of the Southern Evangelical Seminary, appeared on the “Point of View” radio program, where he told host Kerby Anderson that he has been shocked by how much influence he and other Religious Right activists have had over the make-up of Trump’s administration.

Even Richard Land Is Shocked By How Much Influence The Religious Right Is Having In Shaping Trump’s Administration | Right Wing Watch

So who is Richard Land? A moderate ? A liberal Christian? Not hardly. He is in fact a well know right wing culture warrior Richard Land

Land went on to say in the above piece:

Some of my conservative friends and I, we have been pinching ourselves, are we hallucinating or is this actually happening?” Land said. “I know a good number of people on the transition team and I can tell you right now, about half of them, Kerby, think I’m liberal. I mean, these are very conservative people.”

Land, a longtime activist and former Southern Baptist Convention official, said that he has “been solicited five times for personnel recommendations” by the Trump administration, which is something that never happened under any previous Republican president. As such, Land said, “this administration is going to have more conservative Christians, Catholic and evangelical, in it than any administration that I’ve been associated with or had contact with, and I’ve been doing this since Reagan.”

The most disconcerting part of this is the type of appointees to the federal courts that Trump is likely to make. It appears that our secular government and society- the very concept of the separation of church and state is now at grave risk!!

There must be an after action debrief that showed the bible thumpers mostly all voted for Trump.

So now he needs to make them feel good about it.

Plus its never too late to get ready for the 2020 elections.

Trump has said he is pro choice however. That is going to be a problem for the religious far right. They don't want any more unborn babies killt.

 

[Divine Wind]

He is aware there is a god , himself.

LOL. Funny, and no doubt he thinks very highly of himself, but I doubt he thinks of himself as a god.

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

....The most disconcerting part of this is the type of appointees to the federal courts that Trump is likely to make. It appears that our secular government and society- the very concept of the separation of church and state is now at grave risk!!

The panic on the far Left is amusing. Should We, the People, be concerned about a particular religion dominating government? Yes, of course. That's why our government is structured with so much oversight. Sure, Trump can cause the courts to lean right just as Obama caused them to lean left, but he can't turn them even 30 degrees much less 180 degrees. All of those left-leaning Judges will still be in office for years to come.

There are dozens of vacancies on the federal courts Judicial Vacancies
I won't try to quantify it. The wrong judges in the right place can do a lot of damage with bad decision on matters such as reproductive rights, LGBT rights, and on these so called religious freedom laws. De Vos is likely to do great harm to public education.

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

Update:

Why Trump Appointed an 'Advisory Board' of Evangelical Pastors

James Dobson. Richard Land. Ralph Reed. The ’90s are back in Trumpland, and the old-guard religious right is making its return. After Trump spoke at a meeting of more than 1,000 evangelicals and some Catholics on Tuesday, his campaign announced his appointment of an “evangelical executive advisory board” to lead a larger “Faith and Cultural Advisory Committee” that will be announced later in June.

The list reads like a who’s who of conservative Christian leaders. Ronnie Floyd just ended his term as president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Jerry Falwell Jr. heads Liberty University. Reed and Dobson each founded highly influential Christian lobbying groups—the Faith and Freedom Coalition and Focus on the Family, respectively. Many of these figures are household-names among Christian families in America, having either started or inherited empire-sized talk-radio networks and organizations.

And Trump Appoints Michele Bachmann To Evangelical Advisory Board

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

Update:
Evangelicals in Trump’s Cabinet: Choice of Pruitt alarms scientists, environmentalists
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick of Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency has increased concerns about science foes in the incoming president’s inner circle.

Pruitt, who is Oklahoma’s attorney general, is a climate-change denier. In the National Review last May, he and co-author Luther Strange wrote, “Scientists continue to disagree about the degree and extent of global warming and its connection to the actions of mankind.”

Pruitt’s pick intensifies concern among science and education professionals about the impact Trump’s Cabinet picks — many of them evangelical Christians — could have on the environment, the advancement of science and teaching standards.

Vice President-elect Mike Pence and Dr. Ben Carson, Trump’s pick to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development, are both evangelical Christians and known creationists who adhere to the biblically supported belief that the Earth is only 6,000 years old.

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

And then there is Rick Perry who will be heading the Department of Energy (Which he once almost vowed to get rid of but couldn't remember the name of. !

Cruz And Perry Join Pastor Who Warns God Will Wreak Judgment On America For Gay Marriage | Right Wing Watch

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

Atheist Revolution: Church and State

Since the election of Donald Trump, I have heard many atheists, LGBT persons, and heterosexual women saying that they are more worried by the prospect of Mike Pence as Vice President than they are of Trump as President. I agree. Trump does not have a record in politics; Pence does, and it is a disturbing record of anti-LGBT bigotry and opposition to reproductive rights and secularism. Trump's beliefs are anything but consistent or clear. As a result, it is virtually impossible to know what sort of threat he might pose to secularism, LGBT equality, or reproductive freedom (except for what his cabinet picks suggest). On the other hand, Pence appears to be a Christian extremist who has consistently been on the wrong side of all these issues.

 

[ding]

We know that Donald J. Trump is not a particularly religious person, despite his waving the bible from a podium and proclaiming that it is his favorite book. He has not exactly exemplified the values and lifestyle that true Christians aspire to.

But we also know that he successfully courted the religious right, the fundamentalist evangelicals, in order to get nominated and elected. We also know that while they distrust him, they saw him as the better alternative-as the candidate who would do their bidding and it appears that they were correct. Case in point:

What Trump’s Education Appointment Tells Us About the Religious Right’s Influence
On Wednesday (November 23) President-elect Donald Trump announced Betsy DeVos as his pick for Secretary of Education. DeVos is a billionaire conservative activist whose name is well known among the higher echelons of the religious right. Her family has contributed tens of thousands of dollars to the Michigan Family Forum (a state affiliate of the Christian fundamentalist organization Focus on the Family) and the Family the Research Council, which has been designated a “hate group” by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

In addition:

In 1998 she founded the American Education Reform Foundation which was later renamed the American Federation for Children (AFC). The AFC is an advocacy organization whose stated purpose is to “empower parents, particularly those in low-income families, to choose the education they determine is best for their children.” Unfortunately, DeVos has used the AFC to push a crucial component of the religious right’s agenda: securing taxpayer dollars for private religious schools. AFC advocates for voucher programs that divert taxpayer money from public schools to private religious schools.

Secular Values Voter

The question is- is he an unwitting patsy, or is there something more nefarious going on? Lets take a closer look.

What Did Trump Promise the Religious Right?

Amidst all the Trump-related outrage, there is at least one question that I don't think has received nearly enough attention: What did Trump offer evangelical fundamentalist Christians in exchange for their support, and what will it mean for the rest of us if he delivers on it? We know from exit polls and other surveys conducted since the election that evangelical fundamentalist Christians turned out to vote for Trump in large numbers. We also know that this happened in spite of his behavior. While I have no doubt that some would have turned out to vote for anyone who was not Clinton, the massive support Trump received from fundamentalist Christians does make me wonder what he offered them and whether he intends to deliver it. Read more: What Did Trump Promise the Religious Right? | Atheist Revolution

There is at least one prominent conservative Christian who has expressed a degree of incredulity over what he is seeing:

Even Richard Land Is Shocked By How Much Influence The Religious Right Is Having In Shaping Trump’s Administration

Last month, it was reported that President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team was giving Religious Right activists, especially the members of his presidential campaign’s evangelical advisory board, unprecedented input in shaping his administration.

Earlier this week, one of the members of that board, Richard Land of the Southern Evangelical Seminary, appeared on the “Point of View” radio program, where he told host Kerby Anderson that he has been shocked by how much influence he and other Religious Right activists have had over the make-up of Trump’s administration.

Even Richard Land Is Shocked By How Much Influence The Religious Right Is Having In Shaping Trump’s Administration | Right Wing Watch

So who is Richard Land? A moderate ? A liberal Christian? Not hardly. He is in fact a well know right wing culture warrior Richard Land

Land went on to say in the above piece:

Some of my conservative friends and I, we have been pinching ourselves, are we hallucinating or is this actually happening?” Land said. “I know a good number of people on the transition team and I can tell you right now, about half of them, Kerby, think I’m liberal. I mean, these are very conservative people.”

Land, a longtime activist and former Southern Baptist Convention official, said that he has “been solicited five times for personnel recommendations” by the Trump administration, which is something that never happened under any previous Republican president. As such, Land said, “this administration is going to have more conservative Christians, Catholic and evangelical, in it than any administration that I’ve been associated with or had contact with, and I’ve been doing this since Reagan.”

The most disconcerting part of this is the type of appointees to the federal courts that Trump is likely to make. It appears that our secular government and society- the very concept of the separation of church and state is now at grave risk!!

There must be an after action debrief that showed the bible thumpers mostly all voted for Trump.

So now he needs to make them feel good about it.

Plus its never too late to get ready for the 2020 elections.

Trump has said he is pro choice however. That is going to be a problem for the religious far right. They don't want any more unborn babies killt.

Where Does Donald Trump Stand On Access To Abortion?

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

We know that Donald J. Trump is not a particularly religious person, despite his waving the bible from a podium and proclaiming that it is his favorite book. He has not exactly exemplified the values and lifestyle that true Christians aspire to.

But we also know that he successfully courted the religious right, the fundamentalist evangelicals, in order to get nominated and elected. We also know that while they distrust him, they saw him as the better alternative-as the candidate who would do their bidding and it appears that they were correct. Case in point:

What Trump’s Education Appointment Tells Us About the Religious Right’s Influence
On Wednesday (November 23) President-elect Donald Trump announced Betsy DeVos as his pick for Secretary of Education. DeVos is a billionaire conservative activist whose name is well known among the higher echelons of the religious right. Her family has contributed tens of thousands of dollars to the Michigan Family Forum (a state affiliate of the Christian fundamentalist organization Focus on the Family) and the Family the Research Council, which has been designated a “hate group” by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

In addition:

In 1998 she founded the American Education Reform Foundation which was later renamed the American Federation for Children (AFC). The AFC is an advocacy organization whose stated purpose is to “empower parents, particularly those in low-income families, to choose the education they determine is best for their children.” Unfortunately, DeVos has used the AFC to push a crucial component of the religious right’s agenda: securing taxpayer dollars for private religious schools. AFC advocates for voucher programs that divert taxpayer money from public schools to private religious schools.

Secular Values Voter

The question is- is he an unwitting patsy, or is there something more nefarious going on? Lets take a closer look.

What Did Trump Promise the Religious Right?

Amidst all the Trump-related outrage, there is at least one question that I don't think has received nearly enough attention: What did Trump offer evangelical fundamentalist Christians in exchange for their support, and what will it mean for the rest of us if he delivers on it? We know from exit polls and other surveys conducted since the election that evangelical fundamentalist Christians turned out to vote for Trump in large numbers. We also know that this happened in spite of his behavior. While I have no doubt that some would have turned out to vote for anyone who was not Clinton, the massive support Trump received from fundamentalist Christians does make me wonder what he offered them and whether he intends to deliver it. Read more: What Did Trump Promise the Religious Right? | Atheist Revolution

There is at least one prominent conservative Christian who has expressed a degree of incredulity over what he is seeing:

Even Richard Land Is Shocked By How Much Influence The Religious Right Is Having In Shaping Trump’s Administration

Last month, it was reported that President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team was giving Religious Right activists, especially the members of his presidential campaign’s evangelical advisory board, unprecedented input in shaping his administration.

Earlier this week, one of the members of that board, Richard Land of the Southern Evangelical Seminary, appeared on the “Point of View” radio program, where he told host Kerby Anderson that he has been shocked by how much influence he and other Religious Right activists have had over the make-up of Trump’s administration.

Even Richard Land Is Shocked By How Much Influence The Religious Right Is Having In Shaping Trump’s Administration | Right Wing Watch

So who is Richard Land? A moderate ? A liberal Christian? Not hardly. He is in fact a well know right wing culture warrior Richard Land

Land went on to say in the above piece:

Some of my conservative friends and I, we have been pinching ourselves, are we hallucinating or is this actually happening?” Land said. “I know a good number of people on the transition team and I can tell you right now, about half of them, Kerby, think I’m liberal. I mean, these are very conservative people.”

Land, a longtime activist and former Southern Baptist Convention official, said that he has “been solicited five times for personnel recommendations” by the Trump administration, which is something that never happened under any previous Republican president. As such, Land said, “this administration is going to have more conservative Christians, Catholic and evangelical, in it than any administration that I’ve been associated with or had contact with, and I’ve been doing this since Reagan.”

The most disconcerting part of this is the type of appointees to the federal courts that Trump is likely to make. It appears that our secular government and society- the very concept of the separation of church and state is now at grave risk!!

There must be an after action debrief that showed the bible thumpers mostly all voted for Trump.

So now he needs to make them feel good about it.

Plus its never too late to get ready for the 2020 elections.

Trump has said he is pro choice however. That is going to be a problem for the religious far right. They don't want any more unborn babies killt.

Where Does Donald Trump Stand On Access To Abortion?

Who really knows. He has said everything from claiming to be pro choice to saying that there should be criminal penalties for women who seek abortion. It doesn't what he believes- if anything. What matters is what the people who he appoints to the courts and key positions in the administration believe, and I think that we know what that is.